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Teaching records

Series consists of lecture notes, syllabi, reading lists, articles, and other materials pertaining to courses taught by Trist over the course of his career as an academic.

Eric Trist fonds

  • F0681
  • Fonds
  • [ca. 1900]-2014, predominant 1919-1993

Fonds consists of records pertaining to the life and work of social scientist Eric Trist. Records include photographs and textual material pertaining to Trist's early life and education in Dover, England, student records from his time at Cambridge and Yale Universities, and material related to his career as a theorist and academic in the fields of psychology and organizational development. These latter records consist of publications, presentations and other writings authored or co-authored by Eric Trist, records pertaining to Trist's teaching career in both the United States and Canada, and material related to the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, of which Trist was a founding member.

Trist, Eric Lansdown, 1909-1993

Family photographs

File consists of mounted photographs of Trist and his family, including photographs of his cousins, adopted sister, family friend, and father. The latter includes photographs pertaining to his father's career as a British naval officer.

Early life and biographical records

Series consists of records pertaining to Trist's early life, education and biography. Early life records include family photographs, elementary school records, student records from Cambridge and Yale Universities, drawings and poetry created by Trist, and other material. Biographical records include: writings about Trist by others; curricula vitae; records related to Trist's honorary LLD from York University; obituaries and memorial records; and records pertaining to Trist's biography, Behavior, Technology, and Organizational Development: Eric Trist and the Tavistock Institute, by Richard Trahair (Transaction, 2015).

Certificates

File consists of two certificates granted to Eric Trist by Dover Elementary School for proficiency in swimming and one certificate awarded to him by the Young Worshippers' League for good attendance.

Eric's school reports

File consists of report cards on Trist's progress as a student at the County School in Dover, UK, issued by the Kent Education Committee.

Eric's drawings

File consists of a drawing of Dover Castle by Trist, as well as miscellaneous prints and invoices.

Traylor : essays in philosophy

File consists of essays in philosophy written by Trist's first wife, Virginia Traylor, while studying at the University of California.

Dover County School photographs

File consists of mounted group portraits of sporting and military groups of which Trist was a member during his time at the Dover School for Boys, England.

Eric's school reports

  • 2016-004/002(3)
  • File
  • 1925-1956, predominant 1925-1928

    • Part of Eric Trist fonds

File consists of report cards on Trist's progress as a student at the County School in Dover, UK, issued by the Kent Education Committee. Also includes a programme for the dedication and opening of a memorial pavillion, held at the Dover Grammar School for Boys, June 26, 1954.

Cambridge entrance exams

File consists of Trist's copies of examination papers for entrance scholarships to the University of Cambridge for candidates in Modern Languages.

Cambridge lecture notes 1

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge, including notes from a course on Twentieth-Century Poetry taught by literary critic F.R. Leavis.

Cambridge lecture notes 4

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge, including notes from a course on Critical Problems taught by literary critic F.R. Leavis.

Poems

File consists of poetry written or compiled by Trist.

Poems

File consists of poetry written by Trist.

School : higher exams

File consists of Trist's examination papers and results, issued by the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board.

Cambridge lecture notes 3

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge lecture notes 2

File consists of lecture notes created by Trist while reading English Literature at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge essays

File consists of essays written by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge essay notes

File consists of essay notes created by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Sorbonne seminar photograph

Item is a mounted group photograph of Trist and others with inscription, "Prof. Daniel Mornet's seminar, Sorbonne, Paris, summer 1929."

Cambridge essays

File consists of essays written by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge miscellany

File consists of miscellaneous poetry created or compiled by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Reference material

File consists of reference books and journals, including: The Symposium, vol. 1, no. 4 (October 1930); Bulletin of the Meninger Clinic, vol. 10, no. 3 (May 1946); and The Social Sciences and the Policies of Government (OECD, 1966).

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Writing and project files

Series consists of publications, presentation scripts, notes and other writings authored or co-authored by Eric Trist, bibiliographies of Trist's and others' works, and audio recordings of Trist and of conversations between Trist and Howard Perlmutter. Many of the publications in this series were used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990). In such cases, this has been noted at the file level.

Correspondence

Series consists of personal and professional correspondence between Eric Trist and a number of individuals, as well as correspondence created or received by Beulah Trist about the life and work of Eric Trist.

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Cambridge exams

File consists of examinations for courses taken by Trist while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Yale docs

File consists of records created or compiled by Trist while studying at Yale University. Includes issues of The Newsletter of the Commonwealth Fund, of which Trist was a fellow, the May 1935 issue of the Bulletin of the John Reed Society, the May 1934 issue of The Harkness Hoot, and correspondence from psychologist B.F. Skinner.

Yale : two reports

File consists of two reports Trist wrote on his experience of studying psychology at Yale University.

Bartlett, Frederic Charles

File consists of correspondence from F.B. Bartlett and John T. MacCurdy, as well as a transcription from a video in which Trist describes meeting Kurt Lewin.

Poems

File consists of poetry, reports, correspondence and other material created or compiled by Trist.

Group photograph

Item is an unidentified mounted group portrait of Trist and others, taken by Bassano Ltd. Photography studio, 38 Dover Street, London.

Meerloo, A.M.

File consists of a copy of the article, "Psychopathic Reactions in Liberated Countries," published in The Lancet, April 7, 1945.

The serviceman comes home

File consists of an article by A.T.M. Wilson, published in Pilot Papers: Social Essays and Documents, vol. 1, no. 2 (April 1946). Accompanying note reads: "'The Serviceman Comes Home' is credited to Tommy Wilson. It would undoubtedly have had major input from Eric Trist."

Culture as a psycho-social process

File consists of drafts of a paper based on a presentation contributed to the Symposium on the Concept of Culture and later revised for a celebration book in honour of Sir Frederic Bartlett. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Work organization at the coal face

File consists of a report, "Work Organization at the Coal Face: A Comparative Study of Mining Systems," created by Eric Trist and H. Murray for the Tavistock Institute, June 1958.

Socio-technical systems, with F.E. Emery

File consists of a reprinted article from Management Sciences, Models and Techniques, Vol. 2 (Pergamon Press, 1960). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Barford, notes on

File consists of the typescript of a paper, "Notes on the Barford Course of 1960," by Eric Trist and Fred Emery. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Tavistock documents

File consists of documents published by the Tavistock Institute for internal purposes.

The Rorschach in practice

File consists of a photocopy of Eric Trist's foreword to The Rorschach in Practice, by Theodora Alcock (Tavistock, 1963).

Wider organizational networks and their environments

File consists of a working paper delivered at the Third Social Science of Organizations Seminar, Pittsburgh, June 1964. This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

Tavistock Institute records

Series consists of records related to the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, of which Eric Trist was a founding member. Includes Tavistock publications and histories, notes and clippings by and about Tavistock members, and correspondence and other material pertaining to volume one of The Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990).

Engaging with large-scale systems

File consists of a paper, "Engaging with Large-Scale Systems: Some Concepts and Methods Based on Experience Gained in Field Projects at the Tavistock Institute," contributed by Trist to the McGregor Conference on Organizational Development, Endicott House, 1967.

Social aspects of science policy

File consists of a presentation delivered by Trist to the Toronto Roundtable on the Social Aspects of Science Policy, Toronto, 27-29 March 1969.

Organisation et système

File consists of an article, "Organisation et système: Quelques remarques Théoretiques se Rapportant plus Particulièrement aux Recherches d'Andras Angyal," published in Revue Francaise de Sociologie, special issue, 1970-1971.

A socio-technical critique of scientific management

File consists of a paper delivered by Trist at the Edinburgh Conference on the Impact of Science and Technology, 24-26 May 1970, and then published in Meaning and Control: Essays in Social Aspects of Science and Technology, edited by D.O. Edge and J.N. Wolfe (Tavistock, 1973). This paper was used as source material for the book Social Engagement of Social Science: A Tavistock Anthology, edited by Trist (Tavistock, 1990).

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